Tasmanian

English

Etymology

From Tasmania +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæzˈmeɪniən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Tasmanian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Tasmania.

Derived terms

• Tasmanian nativehen
• Tasmanian oak

 

Translations

of or relating to Tasmania

• Afrikaans: Tasmanies
• Czech: tasmánský
• Finnish: tasmanialainen
• German: tasmanisch (de)
• Swedish: tasmansk (sv)
• Ukrainian: тасмані́йський (tasmaníjsʹkyj)

Noun

Tasmanian (plural Tasmanians)

1. An inhabitant or a resident of the state of Tasmania.
   • 1939 July, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: 1. Settle and Carlisle, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 37:

     The engineer of the line, a young Tasmanian named Sharland, decided the best course would be to take the new railway along a chain of four deep valleys. [...].

Synonyms

• Taswegian (colloquial)

Derived terms

• Tasmanian cave spider
• Tasmanian cider tree (swamp gum, Eucalyptus ovata)
• Tasmanian cranberry (Astroloma humifusum, syn. Styphelia humifusa)
• Tasmanian currant
• Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
• Tasmanian dogwood
• Tasmanian honeysuckle
• Tasmanian hyacinth
• Tasmanian ironwood
• Tasmanian laurel (Anopterus glandulosus)
• Tasmanian mountain myrtle
• Tasmanian myrtle (Lophozonia cunninghamii)
• Tasmanian pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata)
• Tasmanian plum
• Tasmanian rope-grass
• Tasmanian sassafras (Australian sassafras)
• Tasmanian stinkwood (Zieria arborescens)
• Tasmanian wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus )

Translations

inhabitant

• Afrikaans: Tasmaniër
• Czech: Tasmánec m
• Esperanto: tasmaniano (man or woman), tasmanianino (woman)
• Finnish: tasmanialainen
• French: Tasmanien (fr) m, Tasmanienne (fr) f
• German: Tasmanier (de) m, Tasmanierin (de) f
• Swedish: tasmanier (sv) c
• Ukrainian: тасмані́єць m (tasmaníjecʹ), тасмані́йка f (tasmaníjka)

Finnish

Proper noun

Tasmanian

1. genitive singular of Tasmania